We bookworms are just not appreciated enough.
We have serious talents! But who notices? Who cares? Who awards us with cakes baked into life sized replicas of thrones with chocolate icing and sprinkles to visually honour our fabulousness????
NO ONE, THAT’S WHO.
And it’s a dying shame, I tell you.
We bookworms have many under-appreciated talents that should be honoured and acknowledged and probably even applauded because not everyone can do what we do. It’s high time someone listed these talents to remind the world of our glorious capabilities. And lucky for you, I exist *, and am going to talk about the things bookworms do and don’t get enough credit for.
Also feel free to print this post out and duct tape it to your family members’ faces so they actually realise WHAT IT IS YOU DO AND GO THROUGH and therefore stop their mundane lives to build you that cake throne. This list will probably also be helpful to add on to your resume or to impress your grandparents or convince a restaurant to give you a free dessert.
* Pfft, lucky for the whole world I exist. I can’t imagine it’d still be spinning if not for me. You’re all very welcome.
BOOKWORMS ARE REALLY VERY PHYSICALLY STRONG.
Absolutely no one can deny this. Because even if a bookworm creature doesn’t appear to be very physically fit and possibly can’t even open a jam jar without help (but seriously jars are evil and owned by the darkness) — we are strong when it comes to books.
Hefting a few dozen books at once? GOT IT. Holding up a 500+ page hardcover to read it? CAN DO THAT. Lugging about a bag with a dozen books within for “just in case”? JUST PART OF OUR DAY. Bearing the physical traumatic weight of heartbreak after a book smashes our feels? SLAYIN’ IT.
BOOKWORMS ARE ALSO HARDCORE WHEN IT COMES TO FEELSY BOOKS THAT LIKE TO STAB THEM WITH NO WARNING AT ALL OF EVER. WE KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON.
You’d think after reading one book that totally smashes your feels, you’d be like “Well, the bookworm life was nice, but I’m retiring now and taking up crocheting while kayaking down the Nile and raising small marmots in Russia on the weekends.” I’m sure that’d be a lot of people’s response. But the bookworm? NO WAY. The bookworm remains!
What’s more, they actually go out looking for more feels-smashing-soul-crushing-heart-breaking-sanity-slaying books. If this is not an under-appreciated talent of the bookworms’ incredible stamina and inner strength, THEN WHAT IS???
BOOKWORMS MULTITASK WITH PURE PRECISION AND HONESTLY JUST SIT DOWN NOW AND ADMIRE THIS.
The thing about a bookworm is we are almost always in bookworm mode. The average mortal trundling down the street probably doesn’t even notice how often we’re multitasking. Don’t believe me? Sit down, Bob. Let me demonstrate:
Common Ways Bookworms Multitask:
- Reading + eating. (Which is seriously hardcore because do you realise how hard it is not to get food on pages???)
- Thinking about OTP + listening to humans ramble on. (I mean, you thought I was paying attention, but nooooo…I was thinking about #Percabeth.)
- Listening to audiobooks + working. (Going for a walk. Cleaning. Driving. Plotting world domination. Audiobooks turn us into the ultimate multitaskers, no matter the time or event.)
- Planning what books to buy next + doing literally anything else. (Basically every time you see a bookworm, there is at least 17% of their brain constantly trying to figure out which book is the top purchase priority.)
- Reading + putting up with mortals saying “what are you reading?!” (This is true multi-tasking because instead of answering we usually just slap them in the face with a book. Saving time and words!)
- Reading + walking. (Definitely an acquired skill. Don’t try this on a highway, probably.)
- Reading + tweeting about it. (A skill that is not to be forgotten or undermined because sometimes it’s HARD to break your eyeballs away from the page and kindly update the universe on your bookish feelings. Yet we do! #NotAllHeroesWearCapes)
BOOKWORMS ARE BASICALLY PYJAMA-BASED UNDERPAID MARKETING MANAGERS WITH FLAWLESS METHODS.
Whether or not you believe bookworms should (A) be paid or not, or (B) live in their pyjamas or not — I think we can all agree that we are SERIOUSLY GOOD AT MARKETING. Have you ever convinced a friend to read a book? Or two books? Or maybe trapped your friend in the basement and duct-taped a book to their eyeballs until they read it? * YOU ARE MARKETING! You have skills!
I feel people often just see bookworms as rabid little hyper beans, when in reality we are actually making authors and publishers money. We are giving them careers. WE HAVE IMMENSE POWER ACTUALLY.
* I’m sure to be hired any day now for my excellent methods. Just you wait and see. I also highly recommend the Follow People Around and Thump Them With A Book Method. It’s flawless. It always works. Science says so.
BOOKWORMS ARE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF WEIRDNESS AND THIS IS EQUAL PARTS AWESOME AND TERRIFYING, SO GIVE US CAKE EITHER WAY.
Don’t blame bookworms if they don’t remember your birthday, or your favourite type of pizza, or your name. WE HAVE GREATER THINGS ON OUR MINDS. Our brains are literally libraries! We bookworms might not remember every little detail we read, but we do absorb a lot. I mean, let’s talk about the Ottoman’s war tactics, or how to kill a man with a piece of uncooked spaghetti, or how to raise sharks. I know a terrifyingly intriguing amount of interesting facts. (Most of them are about murder, so thanks thriller books, and yes I am fun at parties….although not that I go to parties because #reading.)
BOOKWORMS FORCE THEMSELVES TO LEARN CRUCIAL LIFE-SAVING SPELLING INFORMATION.
Putting aside the “Fun Facts” of above (yes spaghetti-murder is in that category, haven’t you ever read an Ally Carter book?), bookworms are actually very studious at learning difficult things. For instance: how to spell their favourite author’s name. After I got rapidly obsessed with Maggie Stiefvater books, I had to sit down and force myself to learn to spell her name right. It was necessity.
Although I admit my priorities aren’t perfect. When it comes to Game of Thrones I still go Daniryryryryus Targargagygyggy and DUDE, THAT’S CLOSE ENOUGH.
BOOKWORMS MAKE GINORMOUS SACRIFICES FOR SAKE OF THE BOOKS (BUT NOT GENERALLY GOAT-ON-THE-ALTER-SACRIFICES, SO DON’T FRET TOO MUCH)
The goats are safe. NOTHING ELSE IS. We bookworms are masters of answering questions like:
- “Do I really need new trousers or can I use that money on books?”
- “Is it conceivable to move town or will I need a whole removalist van just to cart my books?”
- “Do I need to pay rent or can I just live in a cardboard box with my books?”
- “Go on a holiday vs spend that money on books?”
- “If that bookstore is having a 10% off sale, it is OBVIOUS that I should buy twice the amount of books and therefore save, right?”
- “Do I socialise or do I finish off this book tonight?”
- “I could save money by reading the book instead of seeing the movie, yes?”
- “Is sleep as important as reading? Probably not.”
- “Is it possible to live on cabbage so I can buy more books?”
YOUR LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF BOOKS
BOOKWORMS ARE DOWNRIGHT SPECTACULARLY CREATIVE IN SHOWING THEIR LOVE FOR BOOKS.
Once upon a time, you wrote a review and flailed. The end. These days?!? Bookworms have just exploded the internet with their ingeniously devious creativity. There is (A) fanart, (B) book photography, (C) graphic designs of quotes, (D) making book trailers, (E) composing music, (F) naming your firstborn after your favourite character, (G) theming your wedding after a book, (H) cosplay, (I) arranging books like flowers, (J) tattoos, (K) making books into cakes or cakes into books or both probably.
THE OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS AND THIS IS A TRULY UNDER-APPRECIATED TALENT. I mean, look at people in the gardening fandom??? All they do is plant stuff and landscape. They don’t name their firstborn Silver Beet or cosplay a tree. We are winning here with levels of creativity.
BOOKWORMS ARE LIKE BOOK-SALE BLOOD HOUNDS.
A truly masterful talent, I might add. Because when you start to fall down the rabbit-hole of pure book obsession it gets expensive. Like sell-your-second-liver-and-your-sister-to-the-pirates sort of expensive. So book sales = NEEDED. And bookworms are seriously good at sniffing them out. We were bloodhounds in another life, probably.
(We are also very talented at NEVER RESISTING a good book bargain but, um, let’s not go into that right now…)
BOOKWORMS ARE TRULY TALENTED AT PUTTING UP WITH REAL LIFE SHENANIGANS WHEN ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS MARRY THEIR BOOKSHELF AND RUN AWAY INTO THE SUNSET.
Real life can get rather tedious, particularly because (A) people don’t appreciate our dedication to books, and (B) it’s just not as magical which is downright inconvenient. I’ve definitely felt like editing out those boring plot holes in my own life. I MEAN C’MON. THAT SCENE DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE WHY WAS IT THERE???
We bookworms are talented at keeping calm through everyday experiences when really we just want to be a fairy queen who smite the infidels. If this is not a downright amazing talent, then what is?? I ask you???
I mostly sacrifice sleep and study time for the sake of reading a book. Food I can eat while I read. Music I can listen to while I read… Ah yes, multitasking is the best and most underappreciated bookworm talent of them all.
I’ve got to say, whenever someone asks me what I’m reading, I do want to kill them. But when I see someone reading, I often ask what they’re reading too… I can’t help that I’m so curious about books! But I do feel bad because hypocrisy.
Also, I’ve taken a suitcase full of 20 books on holiday before. TWENTY BOOKS. That was before I got my e-reader (something which is also severely underappreciated. People think they’re so superior if they prefer paper books to ebooks. But I say, The ereader wouldn’t have been invented if it didn’t have so many benefits, would it??).
Multitaking WINS. All of these. Who needs sleep anyway? I mean, we’ll die without it, but bah, what is life without a few risks? :’)
I HAVE DONE THE SAME ON HOLIDAYS!! I took so many books (lucky my family had a caravan and I could put them in a cupboard) and no one thought I’d read them all. Hhahaha ADORABLE. I did. And yes e-readers are underappreciated. Like I will always pick a paperback first, but ereaders are HUGELY handy for when you have run out of paperbacks. Like aforementioned holiday situation. I COULD’VE DIED!!! But no!! An ereader saved my life!!
Yes, I am good at turning anything into a book mark! Ha ha. Did you know that a UK auto insurance company did a survey of their clients and then feed the info into a program with accident rates and infraction tickets, and found bookworms are more risky drivers. XD
Oh finding bookmarks from anything is definitely a talent. DEFINITELY. *awards you book-mark-making queen* And haha, no I didn’t know that about the UK! That is probably a little scary.😂
I relate to so many of these, especially number ten. Honestly, I don’t know why I’m not allowed to read books in math class. I would rather learn about how to find x on a treasure math than in an equation. XD
I love all your reasons why we are talented souls! 😀
It’s sooooo confusing of the universe to drag our attention away from books FOR ANYTHING HONESTLY. Except for maybe eating lasagna? I can be persuaded to not read while I eat that because tomato sauce stains = SAVE THE BOOK. #sensible
Had me shouting YES to every single point. Also bookworms have to deal with a LOT of weird looks, when it comes to fangirling moments when reading a book and after. lol. LOVE THIS POST and thank you for it! 🙂
YES WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH SO MUCH OMG. And yet we remain!! THE BOOKS STRENGTHEN US!! HUZZAH!! (And also I’m so glad you liked the post. <3)
Ahh so many talents. I’ve especially masterd the multitasking one, which is helpful to say the least!
Linking to the marketing one, we also have GREAT persuasion skills. I mean, how many books do we all force – I mean, PERSUADE people to read? Reviews, blogs, YouTube, twitter, instagram. Gurl we’re taking over and we’re taking the books with us 🙌
*mastered (I’ve clearly not mastered the art of spelling though 😂)
Force….persuade…they’re totally the same thing RIGHT?! *nods sagely* And asking-someone-to-read-a-book is obviously the same as throwing-it-at-their-head-multiple-times-until-they-read-it. Our marketing techniques are GLORIOUS.
This is why I think bookworms are the greatest people ever and should obviously rule the world.
From reading all the books, some of us also manage to somehow tackle a variety of other things with only 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. From writing our own books, promoting other books, helping people convert to the bookworm life and creating art in honor of books, bookworms are just so versatile. Also, totally agreeing with you on bookworms being booksale blood hounds. It takes talent to find the best bargains. And aside from physical strength for carrying all the books, there’s also endurance when you sit for three or fours straight and manage to start and finish a book in one sitting. (My arms actually ache after doing just that earlier. Talk about a good exercise.)
Bookworms are so impressive and talented and it kills me when that’s underappreciated. So thanks for writing this and letting our talents shine, Cait 😉
Exactly! We are absolutely THE GREATEST. We are unstoppable in our levels of fabuluosness. :’)
And omg for sure!! All the stuff we do PLUS go to school/work/have families or whatnot. We have mastered the art of time bending (or…not sleeping?😂).
And nothing is half as pleasing as finding a super good booksale and knowing you got a great bargain. BEST FEELING EVER.
I REALLY NEEDED TO READ THIS. Thank you, Cait. I’ve been having a particularly horrible week, so sitting down and reading not one, but TEN reasons as to why I’m awesome was REALLY NIIIIICE. Also, this is the first time I’ve worked up the nerve to comment on your blog- I’m sorry but your awesomeness is at times way too intimidating for poor lil me *cowers in shame*
Awww, horrible weeks are NOT GOOD. *gives you cake* And seriously I am intimidating? Nooooo Ruzaika!! NO I AM A KIND DORK, I PROMISE. I will give you cake and flail and throw gifs at you. I AM NICE DON’T BE SCARED. *runs after you as you run away*
Haha these are so true! I constantly ask myself ‘do I need those new socks, or should I have the money for a book instead?’. Also you’re definitely right about sniffing out book sales – we all seem to be magnetised to them. I see the word ‘sale’ for clothes and I’m like ‘oh that’s cool’, whereas I see the word ‘sale’ for books and I’m already RUNNING into the bookstore. Thanks for the great post!
And the books always win right? OUR FEET WILL BE COLD AND DIE OF FROST-BITE BUT THE BOOKS WIN!! *flails* *probably regrets life choices later BUT NOT NOW*
Yes yes for sure.😂 Sales must be RUN to, it is the only way.
This post is perfect 😂😂 especially the money spending decisions. Like sometimes I have to sit down with myself and be like, Kirstie, I know you think you’ve got this under control, but you’ve hundreds of books and you’re going to need that money for bills *bookish Kirstie sighs dramatically*
Don’t even get me started on learning authors’ names. Have you ever heard of The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare? By MG….Buehrlen? *expletive*
People are sure that I still have biceps from my gymnastics days, but they don’t believe me when I tell them it’s actually my annual fitness regime of Patrick Rothfuss, George RR Martin and Guy Gavriel Kay 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Also, I think bookworms come with inbuilt magnets for booksales. And then I end up going to every one that comes around (or book fairs) and buying 600x more than I would have if there was no sale 😳
Giving oneself that little talking to IS SO HARD. Like why must we be responsible and adult WHEN THERE ARE BOOKS OUT THERE THAT WE NEEEEEED?? *sobs dramatically*
And I mean, I suppose it’s good that not all authors have names like Dan Brown, but seriously, bless him. His name is kind to us.
OH YES. It’s totally all: “Where do work out?” “Lifting Westeros.” #WINNING
My god, being a bookworm has made me SO FRUGAL (though does it actually count as being frugal if I scrimp and save and then spend all that saved money on books?)
Plus it’s made me learn to live in a little world of my own as literally no one around me reads books or understands why I read so much – not sure if this sounds triumphant or sad though
Love this post!
It totally counts as frugal.😂 I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ANYWAY. My life is all “omg I cannot buy that I am poor….because books”.
That’s why I blog though! Because literally no one I know understands the bookworm life, omg, and mY PEOPLE ARE ON THE INTERNET INSTEAD.
For the record, I am weaker than most newborn babies. All this book-lifting has done me no favours. 🙁
I highly recommend getting yourself a pet dragon to lug all your books then. There can be NO DOWNSIDE to that.
My brain is stuffed full of completely useless information I learned from books. Someone will randomly mention something, and then I’ll go on a huge tangent about it, and everybody will look at me like, Why do you know this? I know useless things because I read. A lot.
THAT IS EXACTLY ME TOO. Although usually I go into a mental tangent because everyone in my house just wants me to shut up by this point.😂 BUT I KNOW SO MANY COOL THINGS THANKS TO BOOKS. #winning
Bookworms are really good at manipulating time. Like we actually squeeze extra space into the day so we can read in between our other duties. We can also read and walk. In terms of fanart skills, well, I have been getting really into watercolour fanart recently. Like, I’m not that good, but it’s so fun! I am very good at convincing other people to read books… but there’s always room for improvemnt (looks at knife and book next to her) (the book is Sabriel, Cait, you must read it *brandishes knife*) I have sacrificed blue coloured tights for books, and tights are like my second love in life so that was a big sacrifice.
Oh oh we definitely find space out of nothing. It’s a totally underappreciated skill. And pfft, we don’t need to be exceptionally good at everything SO LONG AS WE’RE HAVING FUN, AMIRITE?!
I feel like you mention Sabriel EVERY SECOND COMMENT AND I FEEL BAD HAHAH😂 Ahem.
Oh my gosh, YES to the editing of boring, pointless scenes in real life!!!
You are so right, our hidden talents are immense and greatly underappreciated!! 😉
They are!! Someone bake us a cake immediately as award for all our efforts!
When you mentioned books into cake that reminded me of when I was in college the library would host an edible books festival. You picked a book and had to make some kind of dessert to represent it in some way. It was GLORIOUS.
AN EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL?!?!??!??!? That right there is my ultimate dream.😍😍😍
Love this!!! All so true! I think being a Mon of a 2 and 4 year old and reading and blogging as much as I do counts as a super power…just sayin…
OMG YES I THOROUGHLY AGREE. I babysit my preschooler niece/nephew a lot and omg I get NOTHING done when they’re around.😂 So I bow to your skills, I totally do!
Hahaha!!! Why thank you 😂
YES WHY OF COURSE I AM A TALENTED BOOKWORM! I especially empathise with #3, 5,1,2, and 6 (although all of them also, let’s be honest) . And books don’t only improve my world knowledge (I mean murdering knowledge muhahahahha) and spelling, they also improve my grammar (like I’m basically and tense and narration (1st person second person 3rd person) expert, let’s be honest) And what about how good bookworms are at writing/being creative! We have a 1001 ideas and know 10001 ways to execute them perfectly (well, perfectly might be pushing it) Also with the multitasking- like, putting hair in ponytail and reading? Holding a conversation and reading? petting cat and reading? BOOKWORMS ARE WINNING, PEOPLE.
YES YOU ARE, SHAR. I AM TO AFFIRM YOUR TALENTED BOOKWORMNESS YOU ARE SO VERY WELCOME FOR MY EXISTING. And like we wouldn’t know half the useful things we know without books, right?? When the apocalypse comes, we are so sorted in the fighting department. (I’m sure punching people is as easy as the books make it sound? #legit)
But yes yes, though, the multitasking is where we EXCEL. Basically doing anything + reading is our life. I mean, humans who are silly enough to talk to use while we’re reading deserve only half our attention anyway.
We bookworms are supreme. WE RULE THE WORLD. I honestly don’t understand non-bookies. HOW DO YOU LIVE?! I secretly believe they have a hidden stash of books under their beds. Read them out in the open. We will reward you with… Books. Thank you, Cait for showing the world how we rule. HERE IS SOME CAKE FOR YOU. You deserve it, you do. 🙂
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THEM EITHER. IT’S QUITE CONFUSING HOW THEY EXIST. Like what do they obsess over??? Omg. So confused.
Love this post hahaha! Yes I’m gonna name my firstborn with favorite character’s name, whopps! <3 I wish I could be a marketing executive in promoting books gahhh.
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Omg we so need to be paid and hired for all our marketing skills, right?!?😂
These are so spot on I’m dead XD
THIS MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
YES! Where is our life size cakes? Also, I want cake now! Non-bookworm folk don’t understand what we go through for our love of books. Haha, I totally get the name thing. It didn’t take too long with how to spell ‘Stiefvater’ but pronouncing it? Way longer. I think I’ve finally got it right but only after I heard Maggie say it at an event lol. And don’t even get me started on character’s names… 😀
Non-bookworms are just so frustrating sometimes, omg, why have they not made us cake-sized-thrones yet?? I don’t even understand what the hold-up is.
(But characters’ names…hahaha YEAH NO. I only make an effort with author names these days because there are TOO MANY CHARACTERS AND IT’S TOO HARD.)😂
“Listening to humans ramble on while thinking about OTP”–oh my gosh, yesssssssssssssssssssssss. That has got to be my #1 bookworm superpower. I do it all the time . . . literally ALL the time . . . 🙂
You are MASTER QUEEEN MULTITASKING BOOKWORM. < -- Obviously we all need that on a teeshirt
I WISH I could edit out plot holes in my life. THAT would be wonderful. You understand me so well. This post is so #relatable.
WELL I AM ENDLESSLY PLEASED. *flails* And yes, let’s sort out these life-plot-holes, right?! It’s getting ridiculous. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIND MY LIFE A PLOT. IT’S ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW.
I totally agree that us bookworms are terribly under appreciated for our exceptional talents!
I especially agree with the strength one. I may look weak and puny, but you should see me hauling all those books home from the library! It’s like my version of lifting weights, or going to the gym – it’s the best kind of exercise 🙂
EXACTLY! WE ARE AS STRONG AS A RAGING FIRE…or whatever the Mulan movie quote is omg I have forgotten. Ahem. Anyway. The point is, we are not to be daunted when we need to heft a dozen books. We will do anything for books. We are strong souls.
LOVE THIS POST!! I can relate to the multitasking. I have a Fitbit so I try to get 10,000 steps every day. Sometimes that involves walking around my living room for half an hour to get extra steps. Do you know how often I have done this with a book in my hand? My husband says that eventually I will trip or fall or something. NOPE. I can look out for furniture with a book on my hand. I am insanely proud of that fact. 🙂
I think that is endlessly wondrous multitasking. GO YOU. And pfft, what a doubter your husband is. Clearly you have the most multitasking skills of us all.
We are also Pros at balance and organization because HELLO, do you know how many hours it took me to perfectly balance every single book on my tiny bookshelf so they didn’t all come tumbling down? MANY HOURS OF WORK. We bookworms understand design very well, because yes arranging bookshelves in the most pleasing manner is design. Shhh, no one say otherwise.
WE COULD BASICALLY JUST RULE THE WORLD AS THE FABULOUS BOOKDRAGONS WE KNOW WE ARE.
YES YES THAT TOO EXACTLY. Bookshelf organisation is not effortless. It is like an ART and we are masters of balancing and making a bazillion books fit in places where they really can’t. #skills
BOOK DRAGONS FTW.
Loved this. I do all of those things, except maybe buying books for myself. I get my book buying high as a librarian and I don’t have to spend my own money, YEAH! Although if it is a book I truly love I will go out of my way to find a good copy of it. Thanks for making me smile today, and also love your graphics!
Oh that is very very wise of you. *nods* I only buy books from vouchers I get when I freelance blog for a bookstore.😂 (Because omg books are expensive right?!) Libraries are GLORIOUS for reading and if you hate the book, at least you didn’t spend money on it right?!
AW THANKYOU!
PREACH IT GIRL! Going to bookmark this page now so I can reread it whenever I need a little pick-me-up. Number 10 is definitely my favourite.
AHHHH I’M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THIS!😂
OMG CAIT I’VE MISSED YOU. Although it’s my own fault, I’ve been the person who hasn’t been here… (summer blogging slump. Controversial and VERY annoying…but I’m hoping its over now!)
Anyway I love this post so much! ❤Especially the spaghetti murder part – vital life skills right there. And omg the bookworm multi-tasking? So true. Especially the book buying and OTP pondering part. And the refusing to tell people what you’re reading because you could be reading not talking! Also, is it bad that I frequently turn down socialising in favour of reading?! I am socialising with the characters, if you think about it… 😉
HELLO REBEKAH. HERE HAVE SO MUCH WELCOME BACK CAKE. I HAVE MISSED YOU TOO. *sprinkles cake crumbs in your hair* And blogging slumps are very sad. 🙁
And pfft, it is definitely not bad to pick reading over socialising. I mean, technically reading IS socialising, right??? We’re just reading a very long detailed letter from an author. WE ARE SOCIALISING WITH THE AUTHOR. #WINNING
I can make a killer cabbage dish… if that helps… and I still haven’t convinced you to read Murakami (fail as a marketer). But otherwise, I think I do O.K. Except the name thing… man… I couldn’t spell names had my life depended on it. Forget spelling, I don’t even freakin’ remember any names! I just finished reading a book like 20 minutes ago, and now I’m hunting down character names on Wikipedia (aside from reading your posts and commenting of course… by the way, you should have added this… we bookworms rigorously accomplish the task of socializing over the internet, however lacking we are in this department in real life.)
DUDE YOU WERE ONLY CONVINCING ME ABOUT MURAKAMI LIKE 3 DAYS AGO. GIVE ME A CHANCE.😂 But names are hard…I basically only focus on learning them depending on my level of obsession with the book/series/author. Although, pfft, I’m not even trying with Game of Thrones. IT’S JUST RIDICULOUS.
Socialising online is STILL SOCIALISING, right?!? It’s the best kind there is. :’)
“Listening to audiobooks + working.” Yup. My life for a long time. But only while doing school work once or twice. Strangely I’ve decided that I do actually like the sewing part of sewing, better than the book part. (Unless I’m listening to the most brilliant book ever.)
Und collecting all the facts is fun too. Particularly history. But pretty much everything reminds me of a book now, though I try to suppress it unless I’m with my younger brothers who understand. (Suppress meaning not talking about the book unless there’s some lesson applicable to the current situation.) (And by talking I mean, more than an off hand comment)
Oh I have to suppress my weirdly wild knowledge too at times so YOU’RE NOT ALONE. It’s confusing how humans don’t want us to give a 54 hour lecture on something book related. LIKE WHY??? IT’S SO INTERESTING!! WE ARE SO INTERESTING!! Ahem.
OH MY LANDS! This is the first time I totally got one of your references! The “uncooked spaghetti” one made me stop and be like “ALLY CARTER” and then a second later, you actually said her name. #craziness Since I don’t hardly ever read books that you talk about your blog, this was a pretty exciting moment for me. 🙂
And yes, oh so yes about being strong if you’re a bookworm. Holding a book gets tiring. Not even kidding. And haha, yes, totally sacrificing stuff to buy books? I mean, now it might not be “big” sacrifices, but still… One time I was at the airport getting ready for a long flight (it was supposed to be 9 hours and turned into 19, but that’s another story), and I was hungry so I was planning on buying a snack. But everything was so EXPENSIVE and I realized I could buy an kindle book for the same price, so I just munched on the boring nuts I had brought along and downloaded a kindle book I’d been wanting and read it on the flight. #bookwormwin
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AHHHH YAY THAT YOU GOT MY REFERENCE!! 😂 It’s funny because I barely ever reference Ally Carter?!? So like win win situation for us all.
Holding books can be downright exhausting! Especially if it’s a hardcover. The other day I opted for my ereader instead of my physical book just because I was tired and the ereader is smaller/lighter.😂
Um, 9 to 19?!??! THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG STORY. (hahahahh Excuse me. Punny.)😂 Anyway. I approve of your life choices there. VERY relatable.
YAS SPN GIF!! btw do you pronounce it “jif” or “gif”??
*cheers for all the SPN appreciation* I say “gif”😂
This is SO great – I always knew I should have been prouder of my bookworm status!! There aint no one who can sniff out a book sale from town towns over like I can…and it doesn’t matter what my bank balance says, I’mma buying those books! 😉
YOU ARE A PRECIOUS BOOKWORM CREATURE OF MUCH TALENT, LAURA. DEFINITELY OWN IT.
Yes to all of these! Carrying 10 books out from the library, no problem! Reading and watching TV, easy. Convincing my friends to read every book on my shelf, I can do it.. Seriously, our skills are incredible and I’m glad someone has raised awareness to it 😉
Elizabeth
http://whimsicalthoughtss.blogspot.com/
We are totally incredible creatures. *flips hair* Why doesn’t the world appreciate us more, is the real question, right?!
I completely agree with #1. I can carry as many books as I want, but need help opening my water bottle sometimes. I also always learn weird facts. Me: *Insert interesting fact (sometimes its a little morbid)*, Brother: Where do you find these things out, Me: *shrugs* Books!
Omg it’s so weird right?! Like I was fighting with a pumpkin trying to cut it today, but I can lift 20+ books??? AT LEAST MY MUSCLES HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES IN ORDER.😂
haha fantastic post! Us bookworms are all sorts of awesome. I am highly amazed by all that book lovers can do!
It’s SO TRUE. *flails* We are endlessly talented.😂
Ah these are so true especially the multitasking one. Reading + eating, it can be hard to do other work while eating but reading a book, that is totally possible. Especially if you are too busy that day to find any other time to read! and as for Listening to audiobooks + working, this is half my week. and as for Planning what books to buy next + doing literally anything else, well yep. And Reading + walking is for those days when it is beautiful outside and you keep thinking that you should go for a walk, so reading while walking is quite nice, until you stumble over something that got in your way that is.
Reading + eating is so very super hard. I actually generally try to avoid it because I’m paranoid about getting my books messy hhaha, ahem, but OH AUDIOBOOKS ARE PERFECT. A few months back I was spending the week alone in the house, so I basically had headphones and audiobooks on the whole time. #win
Bwhahha this makes me chuckle, because it is TRUE! I edit my life more in terms of like “I don’t know, that seems like a real plot hole” and get mad when things don’t work bookishly. I also analyze EVERYTHING through book terms. Like does it matter that the character development of that TV commercial is bad? Well, not to “normals”, but YES, to bookpeople!
And the multitasking thing is on point, because how can I possibly be expected to think about life when there are books to be bought!? I’d say that a good 90% of my brain power is consumed by my Amazon wishlist. And I have absolutely not bought something else so I could buy a book. ALL. THE. TIME. If I didn’t have small humans to worry about, I image I’d skip the grocery store more often than not 😉
Why DON’T our lives work bookishly??!? Sheesh. So rude. Like I’m ready for things to speed up a bit because these plot holes are getting tedious. AnD YES TO THE ANALySING. Like I completely can’t just sit down and watching something/read something. I’m too busy analysing it.😂 Thanks book blogging, ahem.
And it’s so true. Like how can we make the perfect book order unless we’re thinking about it all the time?!? It’s CRUCIAL for our existence.
OMGGG this is all sooo accurate! I’m convinced we’re definitely the BEST multitasker of ever! I used to not be able to listen to music while reading, so I basically trained myself to read while singing the song out loud until I finally mastered the art of singing while reading. People think I’m a weirdo but really I’m JUST really good at multitasking! 😛 and yesss I always think of new books to buy literally every time! Like, when my friends ask me to hang out at a mall, I immediately think of malls with the best bookstore #priorities. Also, I have a habit of cleaning and rearranging my bookshelves at like… 11pm, I mean, normal people don’t do cleaning up around midnight, do they? Great post as always! <3
WOAH YOU ARE A MASTER FOR SURE!! I still can’t read + listen to music actually.😂 I even struggle when there are other people talking too close, ahem. But I like to *think* I’m good at multi-tasking. Shh. I can pretend. I can read + eat just fine at least. #winning
We bookworms DON’T NEED NORMAL. We need organised bookshelves at 11pm clearly.
How do you always do this? How do you write stuff that is so accurate for bookish people everywhere? It’s a skill which is amazing.
I want to hand this out to everyone who ever questions me spending time reading rather than going out into the world (why would I want to do that when there are people out there who will just annoy me with their people like ways). I get all the people time I need by reading about the characters in books. I can just tell everyone I have amazing bookworm talents that were previously undiscovered and tell them I’m honing them by reading lots of books. It’s definitely a viable option people will totally not be able to stop me. I think I’ve got my life plan sorted. I may as well quit my job now and invest in pyjamas and books and eventually someone will start paying me for reading. Especially when I include my bookworm talents on my CV. Life plan totally sorted. I mean, when I stop working the only things I will need to buy are food and books and really they don’t cost much money.
IT IS BECAUSE I AM A WIZARD DRAGON QUEEN. #LEGIT I just know what’s up.😇😂
And omg so true…like people say we bookworms don’t socialise, but what? We socialise ALL THE TIME. With authors and characters!! Too bad if they’re dead!! It still counts!! #legit 😂
Here I am, sitting in my pajamas reading this and grinning like an idiot. This was hilarious, Cait! And so true. :’)
I spend my money rather on books than clothes, which is why I don’t buy clothes that often. Sleep is also for the weak, because you can finish a book instead of sleeping? Win win, right there. :’D
I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT. *shrieks with happiness* THIS HONESTLY MAKES MY DAY, THANK YOU. <3 And I hardly ever buy clothes either. I mean, why not wear one pair of jeans and rotate 2 shirts AND THEN WE CAN BUY !! MORE !! BOOKS !! #priorities
My talent, uhhh… I read to bunnies and the bunnies seem to listen. Honestly, Hulk pawed me to carry on every time I stopped when I was reading her The Hobbit in French.
…:D?
Oh that is definitely a talent.😂 WELL DONE. EDUCATED BUNNIES!
thinking of OTP while listening to humans – this was me in every single lesson in high school (less frequent now but maths is still basically my OTP time ) LOVE THIS
AHH I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT. And yes, omg, why do people insist on taking our attention away from our OTPs?? It’s just rude honestly, omg.
THIS! So awesome and so true and so funny! The multitasking is so true! I’m currently writing this comment and listening to an audiobook! 🙂
~Sara
OMG READING BLOGS PLUS LISTENING TO AN AUDIOBOOK?!??? THAT IS AMAZING.😂 I admire you! hahaah. I can’t even read while there are other people in the room.😂
Bookish multitasking describes MY ENTIRE LIFE! Also, bookworms are great at giving gifts. If I know someone pretty well, I know EXACTLY what to get them for their birthday…and 96% of the time it’s a specific book that I know they’ll love.
Ohhh that is awesome that you can gif them the right book!! I actually know exactly zero bookworms in real life but I still buy people books so either (A) I can borrow them back, or (B) I can try and get them reading.😂
I just sent the link to this post to a bunch of humans who simply do not understand the sheer AWESOMENESS of bookworms.
This post is so relatable and accurate. Multi tasking is something I do ALL the timr. I often read while playing the piano because combining two things I love=☺☺☺.
Packing too many books on vacation is a huge problem because my strange non reader family gets annoyed when I take up space. But can you blame me?
Also, it’s SO ANNOYING when someone keeps talking when you’re trying to READ!!
Another bookworm talent I thought of is Finding a way to connect books to EVERYTHING.
Anyway, I just wanted to say I LOVE your blog and it’s such an inspiration to me.
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THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CORRECT REACTION TO HAVE TO THIS POST, SO GO YOU. *nods sagely* But omg you can read + play piano?! oKAY YOU WIN. THAT IS AMAZING.😂 And I totally understand about the holiday-dilemma! I went camping in a caravan once and my small cubby hole was like 90% books and there was barely room for clothes but NO REGRETS.😂
aWww, thankyou Nikita. *blushes* THAT IS SO NICE TO HEAR.
THIS POST. SERIOUSLY THE BEST. It’s all so truuuuuuuueee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like in movies they always show these weak bookworms and I’m like NO. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY, CAIT THIS POST IS SO ACCURATE ITS SCARY. Bookworms are so underrated it’s ridiculous. RIDICULOUS, I SAY!
YES EXACTLY!! WE ARE STRONG!! THE STRONGEST OF EVER!! The films know nothing, probably less than Jon Snow. But omg THANKYOU. I’m so glad you liked it.😂
I read books while watching TV. Sometimes this is just for the ad break, sometimes it’s while actually watching whatever is on and keeping track of both. Plus, the tetris-book-stacking-skill I have is amazing. (I ran out of shelf-space a long time ago. Now there are just random piles of books all over my bedroom which occasionally fall on me, especially when I’m trying to get to the book at the bottom.) Oh, and the book polygamy – I can’t even remember how many books I’m in the middle of right now.
Omg you can keep track of BOTH?!?! Okay. I bow to that.😂 I can’t even read when there’s people talking in the room haha. But omg I HEAR YOU with the random stacks of books at the bottom. That’s my life, my room. And basically sometimes I feel like reading a book on the bottom of the stack but then I ask myself…do I REALLY feel like reading it? Because please no.😂
YES. WE BOOKWORMS ARE WAY UNDER APPRECIATED!!!! *stars rally* (Oh, wait, I’m an introvert…)
Luckily, my sister is a bookworm. And my mom use to (now she homeschools six kids, so…) be a bookishworm (she wasn’t a HUGE one like my fabulous self).
Ohhh same with my mum! I mean, she got me started being a bookworm, but I read like 20 x as many books as her now?!? haha. 😂 BUT YAY FOR FAMILIES OF BOOKWORMS!
Excuse me while I plaster this post across my walls and print out 98272398575 copies to slap people with every time they dare to question the talents of bookworms. THIS POST IS BEYOND PERFECT. THANK YOU.
YES DEFINITELY DO THAT. That will convince the world for sure, especially slapping it at people who doubt we bookworms. #winning
Hahaha, serious, die-hard, ne’er-do-well bookworm here! (I sai ‘ne’er-do-well because most of my fav characters in books 1) die, or 2) get permanently injured, or 3) get badly hurt emotionally. Sorry, characters, I am bad luck for you!) I can now actually read while either a) getting breakfast for my four little brothers, b) doing laundry, or c) random miscellaneous around the house potato stuff. Talented, right? 🙂
Omg I always pick the characters to love WHO THEN GO AND DIE too…it’s true tragedy. BUT WE MUST KEEP ON, ISI! WE MUST BE STRONG! You are a talented bookworm. YOU ARE HERO.
I particularly excel at #5 and #7.
Since I’m 15 and a half, getting a job is kinda out of the question…..which means I have basically no money to buy books with. I do odd jobs once in a while and get paid for that, but sadly they are very frequent. BUT THAT’S ALL I SPEND MY MONEY ON. CLOTHES? NAH. MAKEUP? NAH. FOOD? NAH. BOOKS? OMG YES HERE IS ALL MY MONEY AND MY FIRST BORN CHILD(if I had one. I don’t)
I sacrifice my sleep for books.
I’m kind of glad you don’t have a first born, and like I’m glad I don’t have one, even though maybe I could sell it too and get more books BUT YEAH ANYWAY, LET’S MOVE FORWARD.😂 Who needs sleep, truly? PFft. We are fuelled by books.
Does this sunset have a big mansion that is basically all one big library, Cait? Because otherwise I’ll be a dissapointed book dragon, okay.
Pff you should see my muscles. Even when pregnant I’m still lifting stacks of books (and then promptly sag through my knees but we’re not talking about that).
oh pregnant and lifting = like ultimate bookworm awesome FOR SURE. I expect you to be weight-lifting toddlers and tons of books as well then? 😉
#8 made me laugh out loud! This is all so true! And yes jars are evil!
AHHHH I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.😂
OMG! I just read this, laughed out loud. So relatable.
*RUNS TO PRINT OUT POST AND THROW ON PARENT’S FACES*
I LOVE THIS. PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE US AWESOME BOOKWORMS MORE.
This whole post made me laugh, it’s just so accurate. Especially the book thumping method. IF ONLY PEOPLE REALIZED THIS WAS A LEGIT THING, our lives would be a whole lot simpler.
EXACTLY REACTION. I HIGHLY APPROVE. I’M SURE YOU WILL CONVINCE THE WORLD DIRECTLY. And omg, if only people would realise we’re not joking when we say we’re going to clobber them with a book unless they read it and appreciate our wonderfulness. *BRANDISHES BOOKS AT NON-READERS* 😂
ASDFGHJKL THIS POST. OMG. *dries tears and attempts to calm self* *but fails of course* THIS IS SOOO ON POINT OMG. Although on a scale of 1 to 10 of bookworm-ish-ness, I’m probably a 4?? IT’S SAD I KNOW. But I can only become more obsessed over time?? yes probably. xD BUT STILL BRO I CAN RELATE TO MUCH OF THIS. Only here’s another thing: every time I recommend a book NOBODY LISTENS. Maybe it’s because everyone I know doesn’t read??? THEY ARE BLASPHEMOUS, YES. I try to tell them they are missing out, but noBODY LISTENS WAHHH. Thus online fangirling is my only outlet :’)
“Bookworms have just exploded the internet with their ingeniously devious creativity.” <<< THIS IS SO CRAZY TRUE. omg. xD And reading this extensive list of all the different ways to fangirl over books… ALL I WANT TO DO IS FANGIRL NOW THANK YOU VEY MUCH. Life doesn't need to happen, right?? WORK? PSHH. NO. FANGIRLING IS WHERE IT'S AT YES. *nod nod*
This is flawless <3
GAH NOBODY LISTENS TO MY BOOK REC’S IN REAL LIFE EITHER. My sister refuses to read Maggie Stiefvater. Like…what have I done to deserve that?? #broken
But I’m glad you liked the post.😂 And YES so much fangirl win is on the internet, basically. Some bookworms are so talented??? And I just??? I CANNOT EVEN WITH HOW WONDERFUL THEY ALL ARE.
Brb putting all of these talents on my resume. I think they’re very necessary skills in the workforce.
Also, I am INCREDIBLY good at justifying the amount of money I spend on books.
DEFINITELY DO THAT. And when you’re promoted to, like, boss within the year, don’t forget who to thank. (Spoiler: it’s me.)
Lovely, delightful, spot-on.
The multitasking, definitely yes. Because my eyes have always been bigger than the clock.
Ditto the creativity. And given that the bookworm is exposed to so many rich experiences, it is only to be expected.
I can think of a few more.
1. Generosity: I go to bargain book stores and if I know a friend might like a certain book, of course I cannot leave it there, now can I? What sort of friend would do that? The little Paris bookshop – forever matching books and people. You can even call us matchmakers. We compulsively share information about wonderful finds with fellow worms.
2. We have the best ever ability to prioritize. We instinctively know which things are inconsequential – we continually “sweat the small stuff” – we need books to survive, so it’s a basic survival skill.
3. Linked to the previous one – we are immune to “keeping up with the Joneses” fads and fashions, well mostly. It is only when it has to do with books and reading that it will attract our interest. This fosters a kind of individuality and independent thinking. From an early age on the bookworm knows what it is like to not quite march in tune with the rest of humankind. It is like a virtual secret club thing with unwritten membership. But members can immediately recognise a fellow member by the mesmerized mode they go into in the presence of books. Libraries and bookshops are the informal club houses.
4. A finely honed sense of humour – nothing develops a feel for irony and all kinds of subtle word play like reading. In all its forms and nuances down to the ability to laugh at ourselves as well. And the marvellous mental power and freedom that brings. This one can then be tied to your mental strength and ability to stay the course one.
5. Exposure to all that wonderful language and plot structures and human perspectives make the bookworm an excellent and expressive communicator. They might not always like sharing their insights and opinions because that would interfere with their reading time – but when they do exert themselves all the insights and logical cohesion of arguments can be right on target.
6. An uncanny instinct. Linked to the previous one – the ability to read people and situations better than non-readers. Bookworms have superior skills when it comes to connecting small dots. All that “reading between the lines” stuff develops a very sharp instinctive feel for situations and people. You need to listen to a bookworm telling you: My gut feeling is …
I would like to know about book quests – is there a particular book that is out of print and that has become the object of many searches through stacks and stacks in secondhand bookshops? That is my sacrifice – for the last 10 plus years I have spent countless hours in search of a nondescript little children’s book that I love. I haven’t found it yet but I believe somewhere out there is a copy with my name on. Booksy love and greetings.
Ah YES. These are all so great!!😂 I particularly like #4…omg, I’m sure most of my sense of humour is like bookish references and just literary things that amuse me no end. THANKS, BOOKS. hehe.
And omg book quests = yes. I think that’s like sniffing out the sales. We just have like SUCH good blood-hound qualities when we really want to find a book.😂
Love this post!
We are very talented. We live in at least two worlds all the time. The real world and the world of whatever book we’re reading. Ahem, unless, of course, we read more than one book at a time, then we are talented beyond dreams!! But gosh, yes. Dealing with the real world when you’d rather be reading like a dragon is soooo cumbersome. It’s definitely a talent to feign sanity. *cough*
Oh, But I cannot read and walk simultaneously. Maybe for two steps and then I’d be on the ground. I’m too clumsy. XD Even when I walking up or down stairs, my eyes are always on the stairs.
omg so true, we can be SO talented with how many words we live in at once. :’) This is exactly why we deserve medals and, like, kingdoms ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE CAN DO.
I am now sitting here imagining gardeners cosplaying as trees. That would be incredibly AWESOME! They should totally do that!!!
Okay, it’s TRUE. Do they have like garden conventions where everyone comes cosplaying plants?? BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY SHOULD.
So very often I find myself saying Book or Sleep? And so very often I find myself choosing book because books are the priority in my life right now. And then I get little sleep. O, what we do for books.
And I’ve had to carry books with the same weight as my mum’s shopping bags, and that’s saying something. I seriously think I’m on the road to becoming maybe a boxer. Even my dentist said so (fact).
And I’ve literally been trying to make my brother read The Hobbit for about 3 years now, so I’ll definitely be using the duct tape method – thank you muchly for the advice.
Simi
YES EXACTLY! BOOKS ARE THE GREATEST PRIORITIES. *nods* I mean, who needs sleep? We can survive in zombie status, right? And as long as you can, like, read while boxing, right? You could box one-handed and read with the other. #winning
GOOD LUCK WITH THE DUCT TAPE METHOD. It’ll totally work. No doubts.
Hahaha your first point reminded me of this one time when I was in a Spanish class in college. We were learning descriptive words, so the teacher was using a drawing with an athletic girl and a “nerdy” boy. He was asking which would be described as strong or described her as strong or something, and then someone in the class pointed out that the boy was the strong one because she was holding a basketball or something but he was holding like 27 books lol.
And yes, I totally sacrifice so many things for book lol. Sleep being probably the most common thing. But I’ve definitely spent more on books than clothes in the past few years. Who needs clothes anyway?
Omg that’s so awesome! BEST STORY.😂 We bookworms are totally strong *nods* and I actually surprise myself with how many books I can lift sometime haha. And who needs sleep? Pfft. Really. Everything can be sacrificed for books, basically.
YES. ALL THE YES.
We are strong and brave in the face of heavy books and stabbing feels. (Although, tbh, when a book is over six hundred pages long, I read with a stack of pillows on my lap so I can prop up the book because I have sad, weak, nerve-messed-up wrists.)
Sleep is not important, and yes, you can eat cabbage for dinner and have more money for books. *nods sagely*
I once walked into a tree while walking and reading. #noregrets
I too had to sit down and figure out how to spell Maggie Stiefvater’s name. It was challenging. 😛
BUT SEE!?? We bookworms are also creatively inventive. SO EXTRA POINTS FOR YOU BASICALLY. *nods* I was trying to read an enormous hardcover last night and nearly brained myself. AHEm. Oh the things we do for the books.
A sleepless, cabbage-filled life is worth it if there’s more books obviously.
Ah, there is the cake reference. I was waiting for it. XD
“For instance: how to spell their favourite author’s name.” Or, you know, learning to pronounce their favorite author’s name. Or favorite character’s name.
““If that bookstore is having a 10% off sale, it is OBVIOUS that I should buy twice the amount of books and therefore save, right?”” GUILTY! If I must spend $– to save $– then I must spend $–. I mean I need those books, right?
OF COURSE THERE IS A CAKE REFERENCE.😂 It wouldn’t be ME if a post didn’t contain cake, right?!? heheh.
Pronouncing I’m not so worried about because the chances of me meeting an author are like 2%. haha. I’m sURE I say them all wrong.😂
IT IS DETERMINED. WE ARE THE MOST FANTASTIC TALENTED PEOPLE EVER.
ALSO IS THAT GIF DEAN??? GILMORE GIRLS??? OH MY GOSH I NEED TO WATCH THAT NOW
YES WE ARE TO FANTASTIC FOR WORDS BASICALLY. And yes it’s a Dean gif, but from Supernatural. 🙂
YES EXACTLY.
Oh THANK THE LORD. And you. For telling me. I was freaking out… I was like IS THAT LORELAI’S KITCHEN OML WHAT IS HAPPENING
I love this! I’m so glad as an adult I’ve found other bookworms 🙂
SAME. 😀 I grew up as a lone bookworm but the internet = my peeeeople.
I love this post! It is all so true. Especially the blood hound for book sales part lol
We have so many epic talents honestly.😂
Huh. I probably will print out those reasons and tape it to my little sister’s forehead. She honestly keeps shaking her head at me for reading and fends off all my attempts to get her to read with the words “I don’t read. I have a life, you know?”. These are the moments where I think about taking a drive with her and leave her at the side of the road somewhere. (Okay, I wouldn’t do that because I love her, but these comments are pretty…. I can’t talk about it.)
I say yes to all of these but the book sale thing, because books are subjects to price maintenance. It’s to protect the authors, the publishers and so on. It’s really quite convenient if you work at a bookstore because you can always talk your way out discussions with shouting customers by pointing out that it is against the law to give discounts on books. But bookworms love the carton boxes with books on fleemarkets around here. But who doesn’t, right? 🙂
LG, m